Press Room - "Union De Actores" Awards

Javier Bardem remembers his mother on what would be his eighty-third birthday: "yes, today is a very special day because, apart from that, it is my mother's birthday, March fourteenth". The union of actors and actresses awards have wanted to pay a small tribute to the actress: "and because today an award is given, women in action, which is added to the name Pilar Bardem. It is an award for women who carry out humanitarian actions, for the common and social good. Very excited to feel close to his mother: "yes, the rest makes me very excited, how my mother is present here today." Javier Bardem confesses to being exhausted by the whirlwind of work and prizes in recent months but he assures that he is very grateful: "it is a bit exhausting because it involves travel, it involves a lot of presence and I am tired but I am very happy because these are very difficult things to happen. .." He remembers how nice it is to share an Oscar nomination with Penélope Cruz and assures that he will be extremely happy if she wins the award: "the double nomination, of the two, joint, is very beautiful, his has more possibilities, it is not easy but I would be so excited I would be much more excited about his than mine". He rules out that he will take the prize and names Will Smith as the winner: "when they say your name you always get nervous but I know that Will Smith is going to take mine, it is sung". He values ​​the nomination of Penélope Cruz for a Spanish film, something that has great recognition: "the fact that she is nominated for a work in Spanish, for the second time, damn, it is very big, it is very strong. It is something that is applauded a lot, here and abroad. It is recognized a lot abroad, too".